﻿534 MR. G. BENTHAM ON THE MIMOSE^. [Lysihma. 



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Flores glohoso-capitati. Legtiminis mar go undique indivisus 



2. L. TERGEMINA, Beuth.y sp. n. Glabra. Pinnae unijugse; foliola sesquijuga, oblique 

 obovata v. oblonga, ultrapollicaria, obtusissima. 



Rob. Tropical America: Mexico, Puebla district, Andrieux, n. 403. Also in Pavon*s 

 collection, marked " Mimosa carnosa, del Peru," but probably a misplaced label, and the 

 plant really from Mocino and Sesse's Mexican collection. 



Frutex v. arbor, raraulis teretiusculis, cortice albido, primo intuitu stipulis delapsis Calliandram terge- 

 minam referens. Stipulse orbiculatae, basi cordatae, obtusissimse v. acutiusculae^ ssepe semipollicem e3?- 



um persistentes, a specimine fnictifero jam delapsse. Foliorum petiolus 

 s raro semipollicem excedunt. Glandula umbonata inter pinnas, et inter 



majorum foliola terminalia 2-3 poll, longa, 1-li poU. lata, obtusissima V. 

 rarius hinc inde acutiuscula, basi dimidiato-semicordata, rigide membranacea, pennivenia et reticulate- 



nis et pmnarum rhacl 

 terminalia, Foliorum 



multo 



{)oIIicem excedunt. Pedunculi axillares, graciles 



Capitula dense multiflora. Bracteolae 



parvse, Imeares, subspathulatse. Flores glabri. Calyx membranaceus, 5-fidus, 1| lin. longus. Corolla 

 S-fida, membranacea, 2 lin. longa. Stamina ad 30, corolla plus triplo longiora, filamentis tenuissImLs, in 

 tubnm corolla breviorem connatis. Legumen stipitatum, glaberrimura, glaucura, ad 5 poll, longum, 

 11 poll, latum, margine nerviformi persistente, valvis membranaceis circa semina diu coh^rentibus a 

 margine demum solutis. 



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3. L. Sabicu, Benth, ! in SooJc. Kew Journ. vi. 236. Glabra. Petioli 



pmnse 



dissite 2-3-jug8e ; foliola laxe 4-5.juga, oblique obovalia y. late oblonga, obtusissima, sub 

 semipoUicaria. Legumen 4-6-pollicare, IJ poll, latum. 



Acacia formosa, A. Rich. ! Fl. Cub. i.463 non Kunth. 

 Leucana formosa , Griseb. ! Cat. PL Cub. 82. 



Sab. Tropical America : Cuba, Bamon de la Sagra, Wright, n. 2392. 



4 L LATisiLiQUA, Benth. Glabra y. yix pilosula.. Pinn* 2-i-jug^ ; foliola 10-20 

 uga, oblique oyata y. oblonga, obtusa, 3-6 lin. longa. 



Mimosa 



Willd 



urn 



W 



Mab. Tropical and subtropical N, America : " American islands " (P/.,,,,,>, A Bal 



cares 



rat*!!:::' ^!!rZt!! ^i:^-}^^^. -"- nig..eunt. SHpu.. se.. 



persistentes 



in speciminibus floridis 



giores 



tes, saepius caduca.. Foliorum petiolus communis 2-3.pollicaris d.n ^^r^^"^"^^""^ ""V 

 Glandula elpvpfa n.o=«; r • lu • pomcans, pmnarum rhaches seepe Ion- 



3-6 lin. longa, 2-3 Iln." lata, basi obliqua. cseterum 



mterdum 

 rioribus v 



solitar 



additis 



4 



ante 



paullo 

 STumen 



3m dispositi. Capitula dense globosa, absque staminibus 3-4 lin. 

 Calyx lineam ongus, membranaceus, late S-dentatus. Corolla 



Le- 



ure and description, upon 



no doubt as to the 



